A number one-charting independent album in Ireland, it also hit the Top 30 on the indie album charts in England, Scotland, and the United States. Another single, “Undercover Martyn,” arrived in January 2010, shortly before the band’s first full-length, Tourist History, was released. The group’s remixes of Phoenix’s “Lasso” and Chew Lips’ “Salt Air” also appeared that year, and by the end of 2009, they were among the acts featured in the BBC Sound of 2010 Poll. ![]() ![]() That summer, Two Door Cinema Club recorded their debut album in London’s Eastcote Studios with Eliot James, which they mixed with producer Philippe Zdar in Paris that fall. Fortunately, the gamble paid off - the band’s debut EP, Four Words to Stand On, was released in January 2009 by the hip French label Kitsuné to positive reviews and music blog buzz, which grew with the release of April’s single “Something Good Can Work.” ![]() The trio began playing as Two Door Cinema Club in 2007 and skipped going to university to focus on the band. Hailing from Bangor and Donaghadee, Northern Ireland, Two Door Cinema Club features singer/guitarist/programmer Alex Trimble, guitarist/singer Sam Halliday, and bassist/singer Kevin Baird. Trimble and Halliday met in school, and then hooked up with Baird through mutual friends.
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